South Africa's Karoo region is a vast semi-arid area that stretches across four of the country's provinces. It is sparsely ...
The first of 133 new parabolic dishes being installed at the South African part of what will be the world’s largest radio telescope is set to be completed in the next month. Following several ...
In the heart of this landscape, near the small Northern Cape town of Carnarvon, the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory ...
Recent reports of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked excitement. A new study challenges this finding, but also outlines how the ...
If the James Webb telescope was 10 times more powerful, could we see the beginning of time? – Sam H., age 12, Prosper, Texas This illustration of the front view of the James Webb Space Telescope ...
The Chandra X-ray Observatory, one of four great space telescopes NASA launched in the 1990s, revolutionized our understanding of the universe from the moment it first began recording X-rays ...
If you're looking to view deep space, you'll need a specialist telescope designed to let in more light than one of the standard best telescopes. The best telescopes for deep space have larger ...
Captured by cutting-edge radio telescope technology, a chance reactivation of a magnetar -- the Universe's most powerful magnets -- has revealed an unexpectedly complex environment. Researchers ...
With one of the best telescopes in your arsenal, the viewable universe is your oyster. Whether you want to spot galaxies, stars, planets, moons, or nebulas, there are a wide range of models on ...
A 2,000-foot asteroid is set to pass by earth Monday morning and if you don't catch it now, you'll have to wait more than a year to see it again. But you are going to need a telescope to see the ...
Stars are born from huge clouds of mostly hydrogen gas floating in space. Astronomers like me study this gas because it helps us understand how stars and galaxies form and grow. Hydrogen gas gives off ...